Vehicle wheel



Jan. 1, 1929.

J. H. WAGENHORST VEHI CLE WHEEL Original Filed Aug. 9. 1920 I 0 ill/ a lm'n hop attozmgo Patented Jan. 1, 1929..

JAMES H. \VAGENI-IORST,

OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN.

VEHICLE WHEEL.

Original application filed August 9, 1920, Serial No. 402,105. Dividedand this application filed December 3, 1925.

This invention relates to improvements in vehicle wheels andparticularly to that type of vehicle wheel having a felly on which issupported a demountable tire'carrying rim.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a form of connectionbetween the folly of the wheel and the demountable tire, wherein theremay be used a comparatively short bolt.

A further object of the invention is to secure the rim on the felly witha clamp which has a fulcrumed movement, such movement, as contrastedwith a truly lateral movement of the clamp, being obtained by theprovision of a fulcrum member on the exterior of the felly against whichsaid clamp engages.

A still further object is to arrange the bolt on which the clamp iscarried in such manner that it is securely held against lateral movementin the felly, whereby the threaded shank of said bolt will alwaysproject beyond the outer flange of the felly. This facilitatesapplication of the clamps and nuts to the bolts.

These several features have heretofore been disclosed in applicantsco-pending application Serial No. 402,105 filed August 9, 1920 of whichthe present application is a division.

l/Vith these and other objects in view the invention consists in certainnovel details of construction and combinations and arrange ments ofparts all as will hereinafter be more fully described and the novelfeatures thereof particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a vehicle wheel embodyingthe present improvements F ig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of thestructure shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is alike view showing a modification of the former structure;

Fig. 4 is another transverse sectional view showing a still furthermodification of the invention.

In accordance with usual practice the wheel comprises a sheet metalfelly 10 mounted in any suitable way on the spokes 11 said felly beingformed with front and rear legs 12, 13 on which there is adapted to bedemountably secured the tire carrying rim 14. In the preferredconstruction the front leg 13 has a transversely disposed portion 15against Serial no. 72,917.

which an inrollecl bead 16 formed on the tire carrying rim 14 engages.

As a matter of convenience and for the purpose of reducing the cost ofproduction the bolt 17, on which is carried the clamp 22 for securingthe rim on the felly, is made comparatively short and the head 18thereof is located between the front and rear legs of the felly.

not extend entirely across the felly but extends through the clamp andone only of the logs, the protruding threaded end portion of the boltreceiving a nut 19 by means of which the clamp can be drawn up towardthe felly to firmly secure the rim thereon. The

head 18 of the bolt bears against the inner ways. I or instance, asshown in Fig. 4. a

portion 21 of the base of the felly 10 may be punched radially outwardlyso as to engage the bolt head. With either construction, the bolt issecurely held in position in the bolt hole with its threaded shankportion extending outwardly beyond the felly in position to have theclamp and the nut applied thereto.

"While it is not desired to limit the present invention to use with aclamp of any particular formation, it is desirable that the clamp 22 beformed with a head 23 which engages against the tire carrying rim andwith a foot 24 capable of engaging against a fulcrum member carried bythe felly 10, the fulcrum member in the present invention consisting ofa washer 25 interposed between the clamp 22 and the outer face of frontleg 13 against which it abuts. With a clamp of this type there isobtained a pivotal movement of the clamp when the same is being drawn uploo toward the felly for securing the rim on the rim supporting legs. 3

VJ hat I claim is:

1. The combination with a sheet metal felly having front and rear legs,of a demountable tire carrying rim, a clamp, a headed bolt carried bysaid felly and extending through said clamp, said front leg being bentIn other words, the bolt does Preferably, this can be accomplished 7toward the rear leg and then radially inward the clamp, the head of saidbolt engaging the 10 With theihead of said bolt positioned between innerface of said front leg and a portion of the front leg proper and theradial inwardly said front leg being turnedover said head and disposedportion thereof, and a nut on the behind itto hold it seated on the baseof the 5 Outer 811d of Said ltfelly and prevent longitudinal movement of2. The c0mbinati0n With a Shee me l f lthe bolt, and a nut screwed onthe end of the 15 1y having frontand rear legs, of a de noiuntbelta ndengaging said clamp. able tire carrying rim, a clamp, a bolt extendingthrough the front ieg of said felily and JAMES H. WAGENHORST.

